Gonzaga Hall Of Honor Inductees

GONZAGA HALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES

2024 - Franceska Fairbanks, Gonzaga 
Cheska Fairbanks won the 1996 WCC Cross Country Women's Individual Championship in a course-record time of 17:26 in the 5K as a sophomore, becoming the first Zag to win the individual title. She led a charge of four Bulldogs finishing in the top seven as Gonzaga claimed the team title for the first time in program history. Fairbanks later became the first Bulldog to compete in the NCAA Championships, placing 14th in the national race, earning All-America honors in the process. Her finish remains the best in program history at the NCAA Championships. She boasted All-WCC First-Team accolades as a freshman in 1995 and a sophomore in 1996. In track & field at Gonzaga, Fairbanks held the program records in the 3,000-meter race for both indoors and outdoors for over 15 years. 

2023 - Stephanie Hawk Freeman, Gonzaga 
Stephanie Hawk Freeman helped jumpstart Gonzaga’s current unprecedented run of success in women’s basketball during her time in Spokane. Prior to her arrival, the Bulldogs had one WCC title and one NCAA/WNIT appearance to their name. When she departed, Gonzaga had advanced to a pair of WNITs (2004 first round, 2005 second round), earned a berth in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, won three consecutive WCC Championships (2005-07) and tied the school record with 28 victories in 2004-05. Over the course of her career, she was a 2007 Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, the 2007 WCC Player of the Year, a two-time all-WCC first-team and all-academic team selection (2006-07), and a 2007 CoSIDA Academic All-District choice. Finishing with 1,231 points, she entered the 2022-23 campaign ranked 16th all-time in scoring in the Gonzaga record book.

2020 - Heather Bowman, Gonzaga University
Heather Bowman, a Spokane native, who starred at Lewis and Clark High School near the Gonzaga campus was recruited heavily by numerous Pac-12 programs. But, she didn’t pass up the opportunity to continue her playing career for her hometown team. And what a career it was. Just months into her freshman season, Bowman helped the fledgling program start its ascent, scoring 11 points to help GU win its first game against a ranked opponent, beating No. 21 UCLA in the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii early in the year. From there it was nothing but history making for the Zags. During her time, GU knocked over more firsts with its first NCAA Tournament berth, first NCAA Tournament victory and first Sweet Sixteen appearance. Known for her consistency at all levels of basketball, Bowman concluded her four-year playing career as Gonzaga’s all-time scoring leader with 2,165 career points. Among both men and women, Bowman ranks second in Gonzaga history in career points, trailing only Frank Burgess who scored 2,196 points nearly sixty years ago. The four-time First Team All-WCC selection not only broke the GU scoring record but was once the all-time leading scorer in West Coast Conference women’s basketball history. Bowman ranks in the top-three all-time among Zags in games played, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws made and rebounds.

As a freshman in 2006-07, she was named the WCC Newcomer of the Year as the Bulldogs reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Bowman followed up a strong first year campaign by being named the league’s Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2008, where she averaged 20.1 points per game. As a senior in 2010, Bowman helped to lead the Bulldogs to their sixth-straight West Coast Conference regular-season title, and GU’s first appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.

After her playing career, Bowman was an assistant coach at Whitworth University from 2011- 2014 before returning back to Gonzaga where she served as the Video Coordinator from 2014- 16.

2019 - Adam Morrison, Gonzaga University
Adam Morrison’s name was synonymous with college basketball in 2006. He adorned the front of magazines and had the country talking about his mane, mustache and Gonzaga basketball. He led the Bulldogs to a 29-4 overall record and a No. 5 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. For the eighth-straight year the Zags earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament - this time a third seed, after posting a perfect 14-0 record in the West Coast Conference regular-season and winning the WCC Tournament. Morrison led the nation in scoring in his last year, averaging 28.1 ppg, becoming only the second Gonzaga player ever to do so. Morrison was also Gonzaga’s seventh John R. Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate and the fourth player to earn Wooden Award All-America honors. He was named Gonzaga’s inaugural Associated Press preseason selection as a junior, and was a consensus Associated Press All-America First Team pick. Morrison also earned National Association of Basketball Coaches Co-Player of the Year and USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Co-Player of the Year accolades during 2006. A star player nationally, Morrison also dominated the West Coast Conference. He earned back-to-back WCC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors (2005, 2006) and was a two-time WCC First Team honoree. Morrison was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2006 after averaging 28.1 ppg and 5.5 rpg, along with a 49.6 field goal percentage, 77.2 free throw percentage and a 42.8 three-point percentage. Morrison was also a member of 2004 USA World Championship For Young Men Qualifying Team that earned a gold medal at the World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the summer of 2004. He averaged 8.2 ppg and 1.7 rpg in three games, missing the gold medal game because of a sore knee. Morrison, a childhood diabetic since age 12, has developed into a role model for children with diabetes to show they, too, can live a normal life. His father, John, organized an annual H-O-R-S-E Tournament in Spokane as a benefit for the American Diabetes Association. Morrison finished his career as the third-leading scorer in Gonzaga history with 1,867 points. He also ended his time at GU third in the career rankings for field goals made (659), fourth in free throws made (398) and ninth in three-point field goals made (127). Morrison’s name is also scattered throughout the GU single-season rankings. He is first in single-season points (926 in 2006), field goals made (306 in 2006) and free throws made (240 in 2006). Morrison was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats as the third pick overall in the 2006 draft; the highest selection ever for a Gonzaga player.

2018 - Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga University
Ronny Turiaf became one of the most beloved Zags of all-time not only because of his production, but for his love for Zag Nation, on-court passion, acrobatic dunks and many different hairstyles. A native of Martinique, by way of Paris, France, Turiaf became the face of the Gonzaga Bulldogs program during his four-year stay on the Spokane campus. In addition to his friendly smile and talk-to-everyone attitude, Turiaf helped the Bulldogs win 107 games and finish with three Top 10 national rankings in the final Associated Press poll during his four years. On the national scene, Turiaf was a two-time honorable mention Associated Press All-American. He also finished as a Top 30 Wooden Award Candidate as a junior and senior. Turiaf earned first-team All-West Coast Conference honors three times and was named the WCC Player of the Year in 2005 after averaging 15.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. He finished his career ranking fourth at Gonzaga with 1,723 points and 859 rebounds, including a career-high of 40 points (a McCarthey Athletic Center record at the time) in 2004. Turiaf shined on the biggest stages, averaging 16.7 points and 7.6 rebounds in seven NCAA tournament games, and 18.8 points and 7.8 rebounds in nine WCC Tournament games, along with being named the 2005 WCC Tournament Most Valuable Player. His marks on the Gonzaga record books go even deeper. Turiaf was the best Zag ever at not only getting to the free throw line, but making them count. He finished as the career leader with 643 free throws breaking the 44-year-old record of Frank Burgess, as well as free throws attempted at 899. Turiaf owns three of the top six marks for free throws made in a season, and the top mark for free throw made in a regular season game and free throws made in an NCAA Tournament game. After his prestigious career at GU, in June of 2005, Turiaf was selected in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. But, he had to place his NBA dreams on hold as he underwent surgery for a heart condition on July 26, 2005. The operation was successful and Turiaf rejoined the Lakers organization only six months later. He went on to have a 10-year NBA career, spending time with the Warriors, Knicks, Wizards, Clippers, Timberwolves and Heat, where helped win the 2012 NBA Championship.

2017 - John Stockton, Gonzaga University
Since taking the hardwood at Gonzaga more than 30 years ago, John Stockton and the small Jesuit University in Spokane have been linked. Stockton remains the player most closely related to the program as he has become one of the National Basketball Association's 50 Greatest Players of all-time, a James H. Naismith Hall of Fame selection and the NBA all-time leader in assists and steals. Stockton, a product of Spokane's Gonzaga Prep, played for the Bulldogs from the 1980-81 season through the 1983-84 season and finished his GU career as the first player to surpass the 1,000-point and 500-assist marks during their career. He was named the West Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year after leading the league in scoring, assists and steals during his senior season of 1984. He also earned Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention accolades and was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American. Stockton is still prominent on Gonzaga's career lists ranking 22nd on the all-time scoring list with 1,340 points, fourth in assists with 554 and first in steals with 262. On the Bulldogs single-season charts Stockton is 11th in field goals made (229 in 1984), third in assists (201 in 1984) and holds the top three spots in steals with 109 in 1984, and 68 in both 1982 and '83. In his senior season of 1984, he scored double figures in all 28 games and averaged 20.9 points per game. Stockton then became Gonzaga's first player drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft as the Utah Jazz selected the point guard with the 16th overall pick. A 10-time NBA All-Star and five-time NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection, he played all 19 seasons of his professional career with the Jazz. Stockton was also a member of the men's basketball "Dream Team" that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the 1992 squad marking the first time players from the NBA participated in the Olympic Games.

2016 - Mike Redmond, Gonzaga University
Spokane native Mike Redmond quickly became one of the best catchers to ever call a game for the Bulldogs. After sharing time behind the plate as a freshman, Redmond moved into the starting role his second season and immediately produced great results. In 1991, he led the team and was fifth in the Pac-10 North with a .371 average, collecting 59 hits and 34 RBIs for the Zags as well as posting a fielding percentage of .983. The standout season earned Redmond his first of two First Team All-Pac-10 North designations, and he also earned an invitation to USA Baseball's Olympic Trials that summer, where he hit .571 to tie for the camp lead. During his junior year, Redmond hit .333 in league play, collecting 53 more hits and 36 RBIs throughout the entire year. Behind the plate, however, 1992 was his best year yet with a .989 fielding percentage overall and a perfect 1.000 mark against Pac-10 North competition. He picked up his second All-Conference honor that season, his last in college baseball. Redmond went pro in August 1992, signing as a free agent with the Florida Marlins. He went on to make his major league debut with the Marlins in 1998, hitting .331 and fielding .992 in 37 games that season. He earned a World Series ring with the Marlins in 2003 and went onto better his career marks in later years, hitting .341 in 2006 for Minnesota and going without an error from 2005 to 2009. Throughout his career, Redmond hit a solid .287, but his fielding percentage of .996 as a catcher is the second highest in major league history. After his playing career was done, Redmond moved down the bench into managing. In 2011, he took over the Lansing Lugnuts, leading the squad to its best record in history and earning Midwest League Coach of the Year. A year later, in November 2012, he was hired to manage the Miami Marlins, a role he held until 2015.

2015 - Jason Bay, Gonzaga University
A junior transfer from North Idaho College, Jason Bay needed just two years to leave his mark on the Gonzaga baseball program. The outfielder provided much-needed pop to the Bulldog lineup, tallying a .374 career batting average and 35 home runs in 1999 and 2000. Both marks are among the Zags' top-10 career totals, and many of Bay's other numbers still hold up 15 years later. The slugger still owns two of the highest season home run totals in program history, ranking third and fifth in the category. During his first year in school, he tallied 74 RBIs - second-most in GU history - and as a senior, he led the entire West Coast Conference with a .388 batting average. Due to his impressive slugging numbers, Bay became the first Zag to earn consecutive First Team All-WCC honors, and in 2007 he was one of three Zags named to the conference's 40th Anniversary Baseball Team. With the deceptively speedy Bay manning centerfield, the Zags went on to win 27 and 28 games in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Additionally, the squad finished second in the conference during both of Bay's years, at that point the highest conference finish since 1989. After his time at Gonzaga, Bay went onto have a prolific MLB career. He made his big-league debut in 2003 and earned National League Rookie of the Year honors a year later. Throughout his 11-year big league career, he was named to the All-Star Game three times: twice with the Pittsburgh Pirates and once with the Boston Red Sox. Bay played 1,278 major league games, amassing 1,200 hits and 222 homers, more than any other Gonzaga alum. The native of Trail, British Columbia, also represented Canada in the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic.

2014 - Kelley Cunningham Spink, Gonzaga University
Kelley Cunningham Spink rewrote the WCC and Gonzaga University record books from 1989-92. Spink, who won two Sports Festival gold medals in 1990 in Los Angeles and in 1992 in San Antonio, shattered records for career (1,964) and single-season (651) kills on her way to earning WCC Player of the Year honors in 1992. An honorable mention All-WCC pick as a freshman in 1989 and a second-team selection as a sophomore in 1990 as she helped the Bulldogs to their inaugural NCAA Tournament appearance, the homegrown product of Spokane's Lewis and Clark High began her dominance as a junior in 1991. That season she earned All-WCC first-team and All-West Region second team status as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Her sensational senior campaign saw her gain All-WCC first team, All-West Region first team recognition and honorable mention All-America honors as selected by Volleyball Monthly Magazine. Spink was named the Gonzaga University Bulldog Club Senior Female Athlete of the Year, and was Gonzaga's institutional recipient of the Champion NCAA Woman of the Year. After one year as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs following graduation, Spink moved played for the San Jose Storm in the Professional Volleyball League during the 1996-97 season and played for the Storm when it was a member of the National Volleyball Association from 1994-96. Spink was a member of the USA National Team in 1995, which played in the NORCECA'S. She also played four years of beach volleyball, playing both double and 4-person volleyball. In 2010 Spink was one of 10 former Bulldogs honored on the commemorative 25th Anniversary Team of 50 student-athletes to celebrate 25 years of the West Coast Conference sponsoring women's athletics. She was selected to be Gonzaga's representative at the 2010 Zappos.com WCC Basketball Championships, which recognized the 25th Anniversary Team.

2013 - Dan Dickau, Gonzaga University
Dan Dickau is one of Gonzaga University's most decorated men's basketball players. Dickau became Gonzaga's inaugural Associated Press first-team All-American in 2002. He was also named to the John R. Wooden Top Five All-America Team, was a Naismith Player of the Year finalist and was a two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 14 first-team selection. Dickau was a two-time West Coast Conference first-team selection and was the 2002 WCC Player of the Year as well as being the 2002 WCC Tournament MVP. A broadcasting major, Dickau was a first team Verizon Academic All-American in 2002 after being a District VIII first-team selection as a junior, graduating with a 3.4 GPA. Dickau still ranks 28th on Gonzaga's all-time scoring list with 1,125 points and his 20.3 ppg in 2002 is tied for 13th on the single-season list. He is seventh in career 3-point field goals made (188), eighth in 3-point field goals attempted (404) and third in free throw percentage (86.4). Dickau led Gonzaga to a fourth straight WCC Tournament title in 2002 as he scored a game-high 29 points in the title game against Pepperdine to earn his second straight tournament MVP honor. Dickau was a first-round draft pick of the Sacramento Kings in the 2002 NBA Draft, then traded to the Atlanta Hawks on draft night where he began his NBA career that spanned six seasons. He also played overseas and in the NBA Developmental League. He spent the 2011-12 season with the Portland Blazers as a developmental coach after beginning the season as an analyst on the locally-televised Gonzaga men's basketball games, a position he returned to for the 2012-13 season.

2012 - Blake Stepp, Gonzaga University
Blake Stepp played basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs from 2000-2004. As a freshman, Stepp started in all 33 games, was named the WCC Freshman of the Year, and tabbed as an All-WCC honorable mention as well as All-WCC Tournament team. By the end of his career, Stepp had 126 starts and 128 appearances for the Zags with a .417 shooting percentage and a .381 three-point percentage. He also tallied 500 rebounds, 640 assists, 1,552 steals, and 1,670 total points, which garnered him All-WCC Player of the Year honors, WCC All-Tournament team, WCC All-Academic team, and a handful of national honors, including Associated Press Second Team All-American, the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American second team, and the John R. Wooden Award Top 10. Stepp was selected to represent the United States men's national team at the Pan American games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and appeared in all five games. Following graduation, he entered the Chicago NBA pre-draft camp and was drafted in the second round by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Near the end of 2004, Stepp left to play overseas in Serbia and Montenegro in a Euroleague. He then returned to the U.S. in Summer 2005 to compete in the Reebok Vegas Summer League before heading back to Europe to sign with a team in Spain.

2011 - Brian Ching, Gonzaga University
Brian Ching, a native of Haleiwa, Hawai'i, is one of the most decorated men's soccer players in Gonzaga University history, as well as the first successful player from Hawai'i in both MLS and United States World Cup annals. Ching joined the Bulldogs for the 1996 season, and as a freshman played in 18 matches with five starts. He finished second on the team in scoring with 12 points on three goals and six assists. As a sophomore, he appeared in 16 matches with 14 starts and was second on the team behind WCC Player of the Year and teammate Jeff McAllister with 10 goals and 23 points. The 10 goals were second on the all-time Gonzaga single-season list and his 23 points were third on the all-time GU list. He earned All-WCC second-team honors. In 2000, Ching was named All-WCC first team and earned All-Far West Region first-team honors. He finished his Gonzaga career with 34 goals, good for third on the all-time GU list, and his 23 assists are a Gonzaga career record. Ching's 91 career points are still tied for second and he still holds the single-season record (71) on the Gonzaga charts. Ching's professional career began when he was the fourth pick of the second round and the 16th pick overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2001 Major League Soccer Super Draft. He became the first Gonzaga player and the first player from his native Hawai'i selected in the MLS draft. After his rookie season was cut short because of injury, Ching was named to the MLS Best XI and recognized as 2004 MLS Comeback Player of the Year after being named the Earthquakes scoring champion and MVP. Ching earned MVP honors of the 2006 MLS Cup after scoring the tying goal in the 114th minute, and scoring the winning penalty kick in shootout as the Dynamo captured the MLS title. In 2008, he was named winner of the Dynamo's Golden Boot award and the team's MVP award. He ranked a career-high fifth in the league in goals. In 2009, he won the Dynamo's Budweiser Golden Boot award for the third straight year. He was once again named a MLS All-Star and was also named 2010 Dynamo's Humanitarian of the Year winner and was a finalist for league-wide MLS Works Humanitarian of the Year. Ching also has a plethora of International experience. In 2009 he was a regular for the U.S. national team as it qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was set to be named to the Confederations Cup roster but missed out due to a hamstring injury. Ching recovered to be named to the roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. He scored against Honduras to help the U.S. reach the Gold Cup final. In 2008 he started six matches and scored four goals and had an assist for the U.S. national team. He became the first Hawaiian to be named to the U.S. roster for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and in 2005 appeared in three final-round World Cup qualifiers, starting two.

2010 - Jeff Brown, Gonzaga University
A three-year standout for the Gonzaga men's basketball team, Jeff Brown was a key player in Gonzaga's early stages of becoming a basketball powerhouse. After transferring from the University of Washington, Brown started the next three seasons for the Bulldogs. As a senior during the 1993-94 season, Brown led the WCC in scoring at 21.0 points per game, leading the Bulldogs to a 22-8 record, their inaugural WCC regular-season championship and a berth in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) for the program's first-ever postseason appearance. Brown, a three-time All-WCC First Team member, earned WCC Player of the Year honors in 1994. In addition, he was named to GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America All-District VIII first team, GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America first-team and was named Men's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year with 3.68 GPA in finance/pre-med. Brown is still listed in several statistical categories in the Gonzaga record books, ranking seventh on the Zags' career scoring charts with 1,646 career points, fifth in field goals made (618), 9th in field goal percentage (55.5) and 4th in free throws made (390).

2009 - Frank Burgess, Gonzaga University
Frank Burgess came to Gonzaga right out of the Air Force in 1958. The 6-1 sharpshooter led the Bulldogs in scoring for three seasons and won the national collegiate scoring crown for the 1960-61 season with 842 points in 26 games and a 32.4 scoring average. Burgess scored what is today still a school-best 2,196 points in his three years at Gonzaga (he spent a pre-military year at Arkansas AM&N) and scored more than 40 points in a game seven times including a school-record 52 against California-Davis his senior year. Burgess was a Helms Foundation All-American selection in his junior and senior year and was an All-American choice by the major wire services in his senior year. After two seasons with Hawaii in the professional American Basketball League, he returned to Gonzaga to attend law school and graduated near the top of his class. He was inducted into the Inland Empire Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. Gonzaga University retired his No. 44 jersey Feb. 19, 2005, and today it hangs in the McCarthey Athletic Center rafters.